BI tri earlier today. Left house at 1:20, and took the 1:15 fast ferry to block island. We got there, biked 1 mile to the transition, and found that someone had taken my dad and I's spot. Later we just moved his bike over and got our spot back. We got our stuff (bib, pins, chip, T-shirt, and cap.) I had got a Navy Blue cap for Wave 5 (The first men's wave and also Tom's wave) The transition was really tight.
Tom, Dad and I did a 1 mile warm-up on the beach and got ready for the tri. We all jumped in the water and there were rocks everywhere on the bottom of the ocean. It was very easy to kick your foot against a rock. It was also very shallow and most of the swim course you could touch the bottom. Soon the first women's wave went off and the next couple went off shortly after (1 minute apart). About 3 more minutes my wave went off.
The Swim: I ran off towards the flag you had to turn around and I saw Tom ahead. I ran pretty slow knowing I was great at the swim and would let faster swimmers go ahead so I would be kicked or punched much. Before the swim I saw one 12 year old and one 15 year old in the front of my wave before the start. I quickly passed the 15 year old right away on the swim and never saw him again for the rest of the tri. The buoy seemed really far out. I eventually reached the first buoy and sighted the second one ahead of me. I started to hear someone swimming behind me and someone from the next wave had passed me. I started passing people from waves ahead of me and people from waves behind me started passing me. It seemed like I was swimming in a straight line for the second buoy but I was almost at the second buoy and I saw I had swam a little to the side. I swam diagonally to the second buoy and the current pulled me right around the second buoy and also helped me swim easier to the beach. The swim back to the beach went by quickly and I was soon out of the water. My final swim time was 12:12(4 seconds ahead of my dad), and I finished in 124th place.
T1: I ran out and easily found my bike spot and I was the first one from my transition spot out of the water. I rinsed my feet put on my shoes and my dad had just came out of the water. I put on my shirt, helmet, took my bike and started riding.
Bike: I started biking. My dad passes me instantly. It's about 1 mile flat until the hilly loop. This course was so hilly. That flat mile passes so quickly. After that you take a left onto a road with the biggest hill of the course. I shifted my gears really low and it was still so hard getting up the hill. I so exhausted from that hill also thinking I'm going to have to do this hill again on loop 2. There were a series of more hills after that and soon on the downhills I kept getting passed. There were a couple of sharp turns which I had to slow down for. I finished loop 1 and shifted to my lowest gears this time to go up the hill. It was easier this time up then the first loop. It was the same hills again and most of them weren't too bad but there were a few more I had to work to get up. When I would get to the top of a hill I wasn't ready to shift my gears up because I was so exhausted. On the second loop I was passed that much, whereas on the first loop I'd say I was passed by 40-60 people. At the end of the second loop I didn't know which turn to turn left at to get started on the run. I just focused on the people ahead of me. I kept going and I saw some signs and It said second loop turn left and the arrow pointed someone's driveway. Then I saw people turn on a road so I just went behind them. I had been going pretty slow before but I went a lot faster on this road and passed some more people. At the end of this road you take a left and I could recognize the upcoming road. I finished 52:10 in 210 place.
T2: I found my transition area, just put my bike down, popped off my helmet, shoes, and ran out of the there towards the beach.
Run: I headed out towards the run onto the beach and grabbed a water at the first waterstop. I continued past up to the point where there were rocks. I got past there saw skip hoffman running back from the turnaround and then reached the turnaround myself. I took another water and drank the whole cup again.(Usually I just have sips) It was easy getting past the rocks the first time but this time people were getting in my way and I was avoiding rocks while also having to go around people. I passed skip hoffman on the run after getting through the rocks. I saw Tom finishing up next and way past the turnaround. Next I saw my Dad, then Mark Burbelo and Steve Schonning. It seemed to take forever but eventually I reached the second turnaround. Over the course of the Run, no one bumped into me, no one passed me and I only had trouble with rocks twice. I saw Dave Seddon about halfway back. I thought I was finishing up soon after but then I saw the finish was about half a mile to go. I eventually reached the end. I went up past the building. It was hard moving because the sand was really soft and there were rocks everywhere and finished at 1:43 something and my final wave time was 1:36:50 in 101st place. My run was 32:28 in 15th place. I ended up passing 129 people on the run.
I ended winning my age group (14 & under) over two other people. Tom and Mark Burbelo also won theirs. We got a wooden plaque and a special T-Shirt. I took a shower got my stuff. We had dinner at a nice hotel and took home the fast ferry with schonning and Duda.
Block Island Sprint Tri Results 2013- http://www.plattsys.com/m1shell.asp?eventid=1082
I think I liked Crabman better because of the easy bike, but I definetly liked this tri and would do it again. I am considering other Tris for next year too. Next race is Run 4 Kerri tommorow.
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| Transition Area |
Tom, Dad and I did a 1 mile warm-up on the beach and got ready for the tri. We all jumped in the water and there were rocks everywhere on the bottom of the ocean. It was very easy to kick your foot against a rock. It was also very shallow and most of the swim course you could touch the bottom. Soon the first women's wave went off and the next couple went off shortly after (1 minute apart). About 3 more minutes my wave went off.
The Swim: I ran off towards the flag you had to turn around and I saw Tom ahead. I ran pretty slow knowing I was great at the swim and would let faster swimmers go ahead so I would be kicked or punched much. Before the swim I saw one 12 year old and one 15 year old in the front of my wave before the start. I quickly passed the 15 year old right away on the swim and never saw him again for the rest of the tri. The buoy seemed really far out. I eventually reached the first buoy and sighted the second one ahead of me. I started to hear someone swimming behind me and someone from the next wave had passed me. I started passing people from waves ahead of me and people from waves behind me started passing me. It seemed like I was swimming in a straight line for the second buoy but I was almost at the second buoy and I saw I had swam a little to the side. I swam diagonally to the second buoy and the current pulled me right around the second buoy and also helped me swim easier to the beach. The swim back to the beach went by quickly and I was soon out of the water. My final swim time was 12:12(4 seconds ahead of my dad), and I finished in 124th place.
T1: I ran out and easily found my bike spot and I was the first one from my transition spot out of the water. I rinsed my feet put on my shoes and my dad had just came out of the water. I put on my shirt, helmet, took my bike and started riding.
Bike: I started biking. My dad passes me instantly. It's about 1 mile flat until the hilly loop. This course was so hilly. That flat mile passes so quickly. After that you take a left onto a road with the biggest hill of the course. I shifted my gears really low and it was still so hard getting up the hill. I so exhausted from that hill also thinking I'm going to have to do this hill again on loop 2. There were a series of more hills after that and soon on the downhills I kept getting passed. There were a couple of sharp turns which I had to slow down for. I finished loop 1 and shifted to my lowest gears this time to go up the hill. It was easier this time up then the first loop. It was the same hills again and most of them weren't too bad but there were a few more I had to work to get up. When I would get to the top of a hill I wasn't ready to shift my gears up because I was so exhausted. On the second loop I was passed that much, whereas on the first loop I'd say I was passed by 40-60 people. At the end of the second loop I didn't know which turn to turn left at to get started on the run. I just focused on the people ahead of me. I kept going and I saw some signs and It said second loop turn left and the arrow pointed someone's driveway. Then I saw people turn on a road so I just went behind them. I had been going pretty slow before but I went a lot faster on this road and passed some more people. At the end of this road you take a left and I could recognize the upcoming road. I finished 52:10 in 210 place.
T2: I found my transition area, just put my bike down, popped off my helmet, shoes, and ran out of the there towards the beach.
Run: I headed out towards the run onto the beach and grabbed a water at the first waterstop. I continued past up to the point where there were rocks. I got past there saw skip hoffman running back from the turnaround and then reached the turnaround myself. I took another water and drank the whole cup again.(Usually I just have sips) It was easy getting past the rocks the first time but this time people were getting in my way and I was avoiding rocks while also having to go around people. I passed skip hoffman on the run after getting through the rocks. I saw Tom finishing up next and way past the turnaround. Next I saw my Dad, then Mark Burbelo and Steve Schonning. It seemed to take forever but eventually I reached the second turnaround. Over the course of the Run, no one bumped into me, no one passed me and I only had trouble with rocks twice. I saw Dave Seddon about halfway back. I thought I was finishing up soon after but then I saw the finish was about half a mile to go. I eventually reached the end. I went up past the building. It was hard moving because the sand was really soft and there were rocks everywhere and finished at 1:43 something and my final wave time was 1:36:50 in 101st place. My run was 32:28 in 15th place. I ended up passing 129 people on the run.
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| Finishing the Tri |
I ended winning my age group (14 & under) over two other people. Tom and Mark Burbelo also won theirs. We got a wooden plaque and a special T-Shirt. I took a shower got my stuff. We had dinner at a nice hotel and took home the fast ferry with schonning and Duda.
Block Island Sprint Tri Results 2013- http://www.plattsys.com/m1shell.asp?eventid=1082
I think I liked Crabman better because of the easy bike, but I definetly liked this tri and would do it again. I am considering other Tris for next year too. Next race is Run 4 Kerri tommorow.
Wow, awesome job Matt! Great write-up too.
ReplyDeleteGreat write-up! Congrats on the age group 1st, and good job pulling back to back races this weekend, don't think I'm quite ready for that yet...
ReplyDeleteNice job! That is a really hard course on the bike, and the run was no picnic this year either.
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